Xia Wanchun was eating in the house at this time, the Xia family was strictly educated, Xia Wanchun also had high requirements for himself, and now although Xia Wanchun was a family member in the house, he still got up very early because of the habit of being strict with self-discipline all year round.

Xia Wanchun is thirty-five years old this year, and according to the Ming Dynasty, he has entered middle age. Xia Wanchun's current official position is Hanlin Attendant, and his official position is the sixth grade, although it is only one grade higher than the East Palace Master of the year, but Xia Wanchun is still very satisfied with his current position.

The Hanlin attendant said that this official position does not look high, but everyone who understands knows that the Hanlin Academy is noble, and since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a practice that non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet, so when the emperor appointed Xia Wanchun to enter the Hanlin Academy, Xia Wanchun was really grateful.

Xia Wanchun was raised in Chongzhen's seventeenth year, and he should have been admitted to the Jinshi in the second year, but he knew that the mountains and rivers changed color, and the country was gone, who cared if you were admitted to the Jinshi or not, so Xia Wanchun has always been famous.

In the past, Xia Wanchun also knew that his background was not good, so he thought that he would be a prefect at most in his life, but he knew that in the twelfth year of Shenwu, the emperor personally ordered him to go to the Hanlin Academy.

The emperor can give Xia Wanchun such an opportunity, which means that Xia Wanchun already has a ticket to enter the cabinet in the future, how can Xia Wanchun not be grateful to the emperor?

In fact, Emperor Zhu Hongsan has a good impression of Xia Wanchun completely because of Xia Wanchun's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hongsan knows his own posture, and the use of talents does not have the vision of the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang at all, so Zhu Hongsan only remembers one thing, that is, to use loyal ministers.

Xia Wanchun was caught by Hong Chengchou at the age of seventeen, and angrily reprimanded Hong Chengchou before he was martyred, and Zhu Hongsan wanted to reuse this young man on this basis.

Today, the Hanlin Academy has a holiday, so Xia Wanchun is not in a hurry to finish eating and going to work, and is chewing slowly and eating his breakfast, when the housekeeper outside the door walks in quickly.

"Young master, there is a guest visiting outside the door!"

Now that the New Year is approaching, Xia Wanchun's father, Xia Yunyi, as the governor of Hubei, naturally came to give a lot of gifts, but it was still a little unexpected to come so early today.

Xia Wanchun put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and asked, "Who is it?" Is there a prayer post? ”

The housekeeper hurriedly sent Ding Changsheng's worship post, and Xia Wanchun was stunned when he saw the cover, "Qian Zigao worships!" This is a greeting post for Qian's bereavement.

It has been two years since Qian Yiai left Beijing, and Xia Wanchun feels that he has lived a very happy life in the past two years without Qian Yiai, and now he sees that Qian Yiai actually sent someone to see him, and he can't help but think of the years of fighting with Qian Yiai.

"The money is high? Who is here? ”

"Young master, it's a big man here, it seems that he was born in the army, he didn't take any luggage, and he couldn't tell where he was by listening to the accent!"

The housekeeper of the Xia Mansion is responsible for ushering in the send-off, and he can see Ding Changsheng at a glance.

Xia Wanchun heard the housekeeper say this, thinking that he was taking the name of Qian bereavement to ask for an official, although Xia Wanchun has a small official position and has no rights in his hands, but no one in Beijing knows that Xia Wanchun is the prince's disciple or the prince's teacher, so he still has some energy.

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Wan Chun thought about it, although he and Qian Yiai didn't deal with each other, but after all, they were in the same camp, and they couldn't see anyone who looked up, so it would be better to help or help.

"Well, let that guy in!"

The housekeeper bowed out and led Ding Changsheng at the door in, and Xia Wanchun met the big man in the second hall.

Xia Wanchun saw Ding Changsheng come in, and looked up and down carefully, this person was burly, with a full face and beard, and he was five big and three thick, if he wasn't dressed well, he really thought he was the king of the mountain there.

Xia Wanchun opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you?" What's the matter with the name card with high money to find the official? ”

Ding Changsheng looked around and said in a low voice, "My lord, please step back from the left and right?" ”

Xia Wanchun didn't expect this guy to be so careful, isn't it just a request for an official! However, Xia Wanchun was going to give Qian Yi's love face today, and waved his hand to let all the people in the house go out.

Ding Changsheng looked around cautiously, and then came to Xia Wanchun's side and whispered: "Lord Xia, the last general is Ding Changsheng, the general of the Yamen under the command of the infantry army, who is responsible for the guarding of the three gates of the East City!" ”

Infantry Yamen? Isn't that the territory of King Qin? Xia Wanchun felt a little interesting when he heard Ding Changsheng say this, and asked, "Are you from the Bujun Yamen?" How can there be a famous post with high money? ”

"My lord, the last general was originally the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and he followed King Yan to Henan back then, but he was dismissed because of a lawsuit, so he came to the Yamen of the Infantry Army on an errand!"

Ding Changsheng said this, Xia Wanchun remembered, this person is Ding Changsheng who killed people back then, isn't he Ma Rufeng's person?

Xia Wanchun couldn't help but be careful when he heard Ding Changsheng say this, now that the competition between the crown prince and the king of Qin has reached a white-hot stage, what does this guy mean by this?

"Since you are an officer in charge of the Yamen of the infantry army, there is something that should be done with you, this official is Hanlin, and he has nothing to do with you officers, send off guests!"

After Xia Wanchun finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but Ding Changsheng hurriedly pulled Xia Wanchun's sleeve and whispered: "My lord, the last general has already taken refuge in the prince, and Lord Qian's name card was also given to me by him. ”

Xia Wanchun heard Ding Changsheng say this and asked, "Big thing?" What's the matter? Let's take a look! Xia Wanchun knew that Qian Wanchun was responsible for buying some officials in key positions for the prince, and now this Ding Changsheng has the name of Qian Yiai, and what he said is right, so Xia Wanchun feels that he still listens to him and talks about what a big deal.

"My lord, in the past half a month, Ma Rufeng has moved many times within the yamen of the infantry army, and the last general thinks that Ma Rufeng is preparing to launch a mutiny on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is not good for the prince!"

Xia Wanchun was taken aback when he heard Ding Changsheng say this, now the defensive force in Beijing is empty, and the largest armed force in the city is the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, if Ma Rufeng wants to do something, there is a great chance that he can do it.

Xia Wanchun hurriedly took Ding Changsheng's hand and asked, "How did you know?" Explain it to the official in detail! ”

Ding Changsheng took out the questionable newspapers from his arms and answered them in detail for Xia Wanchun.

"Your Excellency, you see, the commander of the infantry army, Yamen, has two military camps outside the city, one in Tongzhou in Xishan, and two commanders respectively, among which the most are

The important thing is the general army of Xishan. Xishan is only less than 20 miles away from the capital, and it is completely possible to rush to the capital overnight. The original Xishan general Zhang Guangsi was a member of the first division, not a descendant of Ma Rufeng, and now Qi Huan was Jiang Pengju's personal captain. There is also Meng Qingjiu, the chief soldier of the Tongzhou battalion, he was originally from the second division, if the two most important military camps outside the city turn against the water, even if the two divisions stationed in Miyun urgently return to help, it will not be too late! ”

Xia Wanchun doesn't know about military affairs, but he still knows the distance of the road, the Xishan camp is outside the city, and the Tongzhou camp is only thirty miles away from Beijing, but Miyun is more than one hundred and fifty miles away from Beijing.

"Lord Xia, in addition to these and the arrangements in the city, Ma Rufeng replaced several important nodes in the East City with his people, and at the same time ordered these people to lead his subordinates to patrol the night on the fifteenth day of the first month to ensure social order, isn't this exactly what Ma Rufeng wants to do on the fifteenth night of the first month?"

Xia Wanchun felt very reasonable after listening to Ding Changsheng's analysis, but this kind of big thing is not something that he can call the shots of a small Hanlin, and in the end, the prince needs to make an idea.

Xia Wanchun thought for a while and said: "Lord Ding, you have made a great contribution, I will immediately take these palace newspapers to see the prince, and pay attention to Ma Rufeng's movements after you go back, if there is anything wrong, come to see me immediately!" Speaking of this, Xia Wanchun felt that he was not at the bottom, and took out a token from his arms, this is Xia Wanchun's pass to enter the East Palace, and if he loses it, he will lose his head. But Xia Wanchun didn't care so much at the critical moment, and directly handed over this token to Ding Changsheng.

"Lord Ding, this is my iron card for entering the palace, don't lose it, if there is something important, you can take it directly to the prince, but remember, this iron card can only be used once!"

Ding Changsheng nodded, solemnly put the iron card into his arms, and then left. After Xia Wanchun waited for Ding Changsheng to leave, he put away those palace newspapers, put on his official uniform and went to the East Palace to see the prince.

Xia Wanchun is now a subordinate official of the East Palace in addition to being a Hanlin attendant, so he has an iron license to enter the palace, with this brand, he can enter the palace without notification, but now the iron card is given to Ding Changsheng, so he has no choice but to stand at the gate of Fengtian and wait for the eunuchs to report one level at a time.

Today is December 27, there are three more days to celebrate the New Year, the palace is a busy scene, although the emperor is not in the palace, but the imperial concubines in the palace are all there, this year naturally can not be a little sloppy.

Prince Zhu Hai has been busy with his feet hitting the back of his head these days, the emperor is not at home, he is a family member, to replace the emperor to worship ancestors, but also to hold various royal ceremonies, as well as to prepare Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, accompany the harem concubines to eat, at the beginning of the first year, all kinds of princes and ministers began to enter the palace to pay New Year greetings to the emperor, and the emperor was not at home naturally asked the prince to do the work for him.

Today, as soon as the prince finished his work, he received a report from the little eunuch that Xia Wanchun asked to see him, and the prince was stunned when he heard it, didn't Xia Wanchun have an iron plate? However, the prince didn't think of him, Xia Wanchun was his most intimate advisor, so he could naturally enter the palace.

When Xia Wanchun came in, the prince smiled and said, "Cungu, you are so casual!" I've been tired to death these days, but you still have the leisure to hang out? ”

Xia Wanchun was in the mood to laugh with the prince, and after walking into the prince, he whispered: "Your Highness, just now the minister received a secret report that the King of Qin joined forces with Ma Rufeng and Jiang Pengju to prepare to attack the palace during the fifteenth lantern festival of the first lunar month!" ”()

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